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Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park

From recovery to a stronger future: Zinave’s path to resilience

Zinave National Park has come back from decades of disruption. The next step is to build on that recovery, because the true test of conservation is not only what can be restored, but what can be made to last.  Wildlife populations are returning. Infrastructure is being rebuilt. Communities surrounding the park are gaining improved access to services, livelihoods and economic […]

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Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Simalaha Community Conservancy, TFCAs

Old wisdom, new choices: how communities in Simalaha are restoring land and livelihoods

Restoring degraded land starts with something many thought impossible: hundreds of households agreeing to manage it together. Across Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy, people are restoring rangelands and revitalising livelihoods through collective grazing management....

Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, In Conversation, Lubombo TFCA, Mozambique, Partnerships, Zinave National Park

In Conversation with Dr. Bartolomeu Soto

Reflecting on over a decade of strategic collaboration: Mozambique’s National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC) recently celebrated 15 years of conservation leadership. At the anniversary celebrations in Maputo, Peace Parks Foundation was recognised...

Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Kruger National Park

Community leaders help shape landscape governance across Greater Kruger

How do communities become part of systems shaping safety, conservation and decision-making across one of southern Africa’s most complex conservation landscapes? This question brought together 52 community representatives from across the Greater Kruger...

Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Nyika National Park, SA College for Tourism, Southern African Wildlife College

Powered by players, protecting landscapes

Every protected landscape has a visible story: wildlife returning, communities building resilience, and rivers, forests and grasslands better protected. But behind that visible progress is another story: one of trust, flexible funding and...

Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA

How connected landscapes are shaping the future of conservation

The Global Affairs Canada-funded Restoring African Rangelands Project Across southern Africa, conservation is increasingly moving beyond fenced parks and into shared landscapes where people, wildlife and livelihoods depend on the same land.  In...

Biodiversity, Community Development, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Nyika National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve

President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika of The Republic of Malawi appointed Peace Parks Foundation patron 

Patronage strengthens regional cooperation for long-term transboundary landscape stewardship and biodiversity conservation  Peace Parks Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, as patron.  The appointment...

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